In case anyone's concerned, it's the same materials as before, only with a higher concentration. The actual construction has changed a bit, though: At extrait strength, it's going to sit much closer to skin in the same way that the other extraits do. In the past, Ore was kind of loud -- it's mellowed here into more of a balmy, cozy skin scent.

It is a very strong, very dry cocoa note. It's nothing like any fragrance I've smelled before, as cocoa is often used in a sweeter, more gourmandish way.

If cocoa is a no-no, I say Ore's a no-go.

I absolutely agree. Objectively-speaking, it's one of the best I've smelled from this category (gourmand). But me personally, I can't wear it. It contains oakwood CO2 though -- which is a material I'm absolutely obsessed with.

Lutens' Borneo 1834 is in the same vein, as are a several of the PG scents.

I find the cocoa note in Ore is a bit like sniffing an actual bag of organic dry raw cocoa, with maybe a hint of that cocoa mulch that was so bizarrely popular a few years ago, so that everyone's front yard smelled like woody chocolate. (Fresh cocoa mulch, I would add, not the vile, sour aroma after it had been down for a few weeks in the rain.) It is not like food, or anything one would eat.

A couple of times when I've worn it, though, it's done a really weird melting-plastic smell on me.

Not sure that I would buy it. I'm currently fretting over whether I would rather buy Grev or Sana. Grev is certainly an ideal summer scent, but I need to be in the mood for it; Sana I find summery and also delightfully comforting.

I find the cocoa note in Ore is a bit like sniffing an actual bag of organic dry raw cocoa, with maybe a hint of that cocoa mulch that was so bizarrely popular a few years ago, so that everyone's front yard smelled like woody chocolate. (Fresh cocoa mulch, I would add, not the vile, sour aroma after it had been down for a few weeks in the rain.) It is not like food, or anything one would eat.

A couple of times when I've worn it, though, it's done a really weird melting-plastic smell on me.

Not sure that I would buy it. I'm currently fretting over whether I would rather buy Grev or Sana. Grev is certainly an ideal summer scent, but I need to be in the mood for it; Sana I find summery and also delightfully comforting.

I think Grev's one of the best things he's done. I don't own anything else that has that kind of effect on me. It creates the aesthetic headspace of a mountain stream very convincingly.

In case anyone's concerned, it's the same materials as before, only with a higher concentration. The actual construction has changed a bit, though: At extrait strength, it's going to sit much closer to skin in the same way that the other extraits do. In the past, Ore was kind of loud -- it's mellowed here into more of a balmy, cozy skin scent.

It is a very strong, very dry cocoa note. It's nothing like any fragrance I've smelled before, as cocoa is often used in a sweeter, more gourmandish way.

If cocoa is a no-no, I say Ore's a no-go.

I absolutely agree. Objectively-speaking, it's one of the best I've smelled from this category (gourmand). But me personally, I can't wear it. It contains oakwood CO2 though -- which is a material I'm absolutely obsessed with.

Lutens' Borneo 1834 is in the same vein, as are a several of the PG scents.

I find the cocoa note in Ore is a bit like sniffing an actual bag of organic dry raw cocoa, with maybe a hint of that cocoa mulch that was so bizarrely popular a few years ago, so that everyone's front yard smelled like woody chocolate. (Fresh cocoa mulch, I would add, not the vile, sour aroma after it had been down for a few weeks in the rain.) It is not like food, or anything one would eat.

A couple of times when I've worn it, though, it's done a really weird melting-plastic smell on me.

Not sure that I would buy it. I'm currently fretting over whether I would rather buy Grev or Sana. Grev is certainly an ideal summer scent, but I need to be in the mood for it; Sana I find summery and also delightfully comforting.

I find the cocoa note in Ore is a bit like sniffing an actual bag of organic dry raw cocoa, with maybe a hint of that cocoa mulch that was so bizarrely popular a few years ago, so that everyone's front yard smelled like woody chocolate. (Fresh cocoa mulch, I would add, not the vile, sour aroma after it had been down for a few weeks in the rain.) It is not like food, or anything one would eat.

A couple of times when I've worn it, though, it's done a really weird melting-plastic smell on me.

Not sure that I would buy it. I'm currently fretting over whether I would rather buy Grev or Sana. Grev is certainly an ideal summer scent, but I need to be in the mood for it; Sana I find summery and also delightfully comforting.

I think Grev's one of the best things he's done. I don't own anything else that has that kind of effect on me. It creates the aesthetic headspace of a mountain stream very convincingly.